Int'l Day of Girl Child being observed today
The panel discussion was initiated by the Minister of Women and Child Development Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi. We focus on the problems that women face and battle them, while also promoting their human rights.

Tom Brady Misses Practice Due To Shoulder Injury
Aside from fielding questions about his health, Brady also raved about the season wide receiver Danny Amendola is having. The good news is that the injury is in his left shoulder - not his throwing shoulder.

Trump threatens to challenge media's broadcast licenses
Shares in media companies fell after Trump's tweet , potentially reflecting concerns the war of words could escalate. The Los Angeles Times reported that NBC and other networks don't hold licenses that cover their entire networks.

Ten people charged for Louisiana State University hazing death
The affidavit also said "several" other interviews indicated that "the pledges were forced to drink in excess", WBRZ-TV reported. University spokesman Ernie Ballard told The Associated Press that the students turned themselves in to LSU police on Wednesday.

Cab aggregator Ola raises Rs 7150 cr from venture funds
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank had pumped in $ 1.4 billion (over Rs 9,079 crore) in Indian digital payments platform, Paytm. Notably, this is the biggest funding round for Ola so far, which has been in work for about a year.

124mn obese kids worldwide, tenfold increase in 40yrs
Thus, most of the countries within the Pacific Islands that includes the Cook Islands and Nauru had the highest rates worldwide. In 2016, the global number of moderately or severely underweight girls and boys was 75 million and 117 million respectively.

Taylor Swift to release her own app
I'd be more alarmed at the appearance of such a self-centered app if we weren't already living in the year 2017. Taylor is launching an app, and we can't wait to get out hands on it.

Trump To Nominate John Kelly Deputy As Next DHS Chief
She now serves as Kelly's principal deputy chief of staff and was also his chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security. Nielsen's work on Bush's botched hurricane relief efforts could come under scrutiny from Democrats.

Ecowas gives clean bill of health to Liberian election

Voters in the western African country of Liberia are casting their ballots on Tuesday to elect a new head of state as current President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf prepares to step down after 12 years in power.

The 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or victor, succeeds President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in a contest that completes the country's first democratic transition of power in more than 70 years.

"As a longstanding friend, the United States applauds the people of Liberia for exercising their democratic right to vote in the historic presidential and legislative elections", said a statement from US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert.

Microsoft shifts Groove Music customers to Spotify
As The Verge notes , this is a boon to Spotify , although it remains uncertain just how many Groove Music users there still are. Microsoft isn't presenting any new music benefit; rather, the organization is exchanging existing Groove clients to Spotify .

The election commission is ready to listen to official complaints but vote-counting will continue, spokesman Henry Boyd Flomo said.

"It is not often that you have a former player who becomes a president of a country and so well done Georgie and I would say just for him to keep his enthusiasm and his desire to learn and to win".

"I would like to congratulate one of my former players, who became president of Liberia, George Weah", said Wenger in a press conference.

Liberia with an estimated population of 4.5 million has 2.18 million registered voters for the elections which were held in 2,080 polling centres nationwide.

Worldwide observers said Tuesday's vote went smoothly despite late starts in some counties. A runoff election is likely.

Twenty candidates are running to replace Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female leader, who is stepping down after a maximum two terms in office. She led the country's recovery from a 14-year civil war and guided it through the Ebola crisis in 2014-15 that killed almost 5,000 Liberians.

Rep of Ireland Beats Wales to Seal World Cup Play-off Spot
Chris Coleman (Wales): "We're on unsafe ground if we go in with a game plan of trying to soak the pressure up for 90 minutes". Wales dominated the early exchanges with their possession-based play and Ireland were very much limited to counter attacks.